Written by

Ryan Dunleavy
| @rydunleavy

The nervous excitement that Matee Ajavon felt on Feb. 5, 2008 was equal parts anticipation for the Rutgers women's basketball team's game to start and to end.

More than 8,000 fans filed into the Louis Brown Athletic Center to see if Rutgers, winners of 13 of its last 14 games and 10 months removed from a loss in the national championship game, could continue a rare stretch of sustained success against Big East bully Connecticut. The answer became clear after Ajavon logged a double-double while playing all 40 minutes and Epiphanny Prince scored 33 points.